JMW follow up

[Cometman]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/preaprez.wordpress.com/2016/07/09/keeping-retirement-weird-leonard-deadwyler/amp/ 
Johnny Cochran took a wrongful death suit to court for the widow of Leonard Deadwyler and lost. SDS et al demonstrated. 
Cochran said this case enlightened him as to the role of the police in LA. And the willingness of juries to support their misdeeds. 
Something I didn’t get from JMW was that Mr Deadwyler was running red lights because his wife had told him she was in labor. He deserved - and thought for awhile that he had - a police escort! 
Occurrence May 7th, publication June 12th: everyone reading that issue of NYT presumably had some familiarity?
Somewhat in keeping with “be cool but care” not to hammer on that fact heavily?
 Or maybe the full story didn’t come out till the trial?
 (Inquest concluded May 31st, 
At the time, it was the longest inquest over the death of a single individual in the Los Angeles County Coroner's office lasting eight days with testimony from 49 witnesses and 87 exhibits and the first televised inquest in California.
TV rears its crepuscular head!)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Leonard_Deadwyler 

“ Barbara Deadwyler, Leonard's wife was 8 months pregnant and began experiencing what she believed to be labor pains. Deadwyler tied a white handkerchief to the car's antenna, to signify an emergency, a common sign in Georgia, where the couple had moved from a year earlier. While driving, Deadwyler ran through several red lights while speeding, causing a police chase that began at 108th St. and Avalon Blvd., which he mistook as a police escort. Bova eventually pulled the car over at 60th St. and Avalon, where he approached Deadwyler with his gun drawn and leaned into the car. ”
Apparently really long haul to a hospital. As part of the aftermath, one was built in South Central, although its history has been troubled to say the least.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr._Community_Hospital 
(Which is a less ambitious reboot of the original one after closure of the 
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr._Outpatient_Center 
which had become notorious, and not in a good way)